Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting ghostscript package, versions <0:9.54.0-18.el9_6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-GHOSTSCRIPT-10152968
  • published14 May 2025
  • disclosed10 Nov 2024

Introduced: 10 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-46953  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 ghostscript to version 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:7422.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution.

CVSS Base Scores

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